Since I fell ill with Laryngitis that's turned into a cold--that is still kind of holding on--I missed the weekend before lasts' iPhone Snaps, but that's because I pretty much spent it in bed watching YouTube and being bored. I've compiled a bunch of photos I took over the course of the last few weeks so we'll call this a Weekend+ Recap since it's more than this last weekend.
Since there's so many photos, I'll put the majority after the jump if you'd like to see…
My goal was to have long nails for Christmas--mission accomplished! I'm so proud because I'm a chronic nail biter so this was tough but makes me so happy.
Nail colour: N.Y.C. (not sure the colour name)
I met a girl in my apartment building one evening before I got sick in the elevator. We were both wearing headbands and I complimented her on hers and she offered to make me one! A few days later I found this beauty on my door handle.
Pho, one evening in Chinatown.
Outfit deets: Bench jacket, Club Monaco scarf (old), Walmart leggings, Jacob leg warmers, Spring boots, F21 cross-body and Jules & James hat and mitts.
More photos after the jump…
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Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas, I know I shared the little video from Christmas Eve and Christmas day but thought I would recap with some photos if you'd like to see.
On Christmas Eve, I travelled with Marco to Kingston to spend the evening with his family. We had a great meal and opened gifts late into the night. This was the first time I'd ever been away from my own family at this time, but I had a great time. After the gifts were done, the nieces and nephew gone, everyone got ready for bed. Marco and I decided to do stockings for each other this year--a first--and did that in private around midnight. It was fun and perhaps the beginning of a tradition.
The next morning we woke up and had breakfast with his parents. From there, we packed up and travelled the two hours back to Ottawa to spend the afternoon and evening with my family. My parents were busy cooking in the kitchen upon our arrival we settled in with some drinks and snacks to pass some time.
Around 4pm, my sister, her husband and my nephew arrived and we opened our gifts--also a first for this sort of thing as we normally do this Christmas morning--which was really fun. We didn't finish before my grandparents arrived for dinner, so we took a break to visit and eventually eat a turkey dinner (my fave!).
I'm going to do a full post and video on some of my favourite gifts but here is a really cool one my sister and brother-in-law gave me: a mini pie maker! As some of you know, I'm a huge pie lover and this baby whips them up in 10 minutes. This could be dangerous, but I'm really excited.
Later on in the evening, we finished opening our gifts and spent hours chatting, eating and trying to solve little metal mind-twister game puzzle things (above) Santa gave us. We left after midnight, tired and happy.
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
Other posts you may have missed:
* Christmas 2012
* Christmas 2011
I made a little video of my Christmas that spanned over the 24th to the 25th, which included travelling to Kingston with Marco to see his family and then back to Ottawa to see mine. Thanks for watching! xo
| Vlog stands for video-blog, so if ya don't know, now ya know.
Although I'm not from Toronto, the ice storm that hit the capital of Ontario--also about four hours away from my city, Ottawa--was quite incredible. It's been over 15 years since we've seen a storm like this and hundreds of thousands went without power for days and sadly, over Christmas.
On the bright side, it makes for some beautiful scenery and photographs and while Marco and I drove back from Kingston on Christmas morning, we stopped along the 401 at a service centre to walk into a wooded picnic area to snap some photos of the aftermath.
Merry Christmas!
Today we travelled from Kingston to Ottawa for a celebration with my family. I'm currently hanging out, waiting for my sister, her husband and my nephew to arrive. We are going to open gifts and then my grandparents are coming over to join us for dinner.
I'm surrounded by treats, wine, and baked goodies. The photo above was taken this morning when we stopped at a service station on our two-hour drive from Kingston. The ice store that hit Toronto and more made for a beautiful backdrop so Marco and I took advantage and snapped some photos with the DSLR.
Hope you're having a great day. I'll be back tomorrow evening with more photos and and stories about my Christmas holidays. Sending love and a big hug to everyone!
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